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kayquilz · 05-11-2016, 04:07 AM

Paul had gotten colored chalk JUST for this lesson, really, because he thought a COLORED diagram would be much more fun, yes. He got his CHALK AT THE READY. He needed to forget the meanness that had come before--ROSES WERE IN THE AIR!

SPOILER!!: Thorns!

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

Thankfully no one seemed to have noticed her little mishap with the tea. Good good. It was embarrassing enough to her that she had spilled the drink but it would've been worse had anyone noticed. The small mess was already cleaned up and her hands were still a little red but slowly fading, no trip to the healer needed.

Hadleigh returned the smile from Professor Myers sitting back in her chair as she listened to the man explain how the roses were sensitive to temperature. Much like the flowers and butterflies of her tattoo, temperature and touch made them move, not change colors but it was close. "Torns. Roses typically have torns," she answered lifting a hand into the air. Painful little things torns were. As she knew fairly well being as she tended to prick herself on them often enough.

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Originally Posted by Saz Hale

Abby thought and said "Well it has already been mentioned but the Thorns are a part of the rose and it is quite easy to prick one's finger on a thorn as they are sharp" Abby knew that it was already said but she wanted to add to some of her classmates answers

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Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles

Azura practically wilted in her chair as Professor Meyers spoke.. Of course she hadn't gotten it right. Her idea was stupid.. She just had that idea in her head.. Cause of.. Reasons.

Horrible awful reasons.

Not to mention she had heard the temperature answer given before her and she didn't want to look like a copycat. She sighed softly as she slunk down in her desk.. Quiet as she listened to everyone else give answers about the parts of roses. Everyone had already said what she wanted to say.

Though.. The more she heard about Thorns.. She perked up a bit And her hand went into the air. " Roses don't have thorns per se. They are called "prickles" And they protect the Rose from creatures eating them."

Because who would want to eat something that prickled them in the mouth? She wouldn't!

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Originally Posted by RachieRu

Ahh. Harriet really did like Roses. They were so pretty. Oooh. She knew about Roses! Or she knew a little bit anyway. Thinking of a little bit, Hattie tried to think of a really good answer. She wanted her head of house to think she was a good little first year. With a beam the young girl waved her hand in the air, waiting for her turn to answer. "well Professor. Rose's have little thorny things. And I think they are meant to scare people away. Because they really hurt when you prick your finger on them. Like.... it's a safety thing. To make sure the flower says pretty" Because it was super important the the Rose stayed pretty.

Smiling, she put her hand down. She was totally proud. The lesson was turning out to be a little odd. Especially some of the older students. Was every lesson here going to be like that? She would need to remember to ask Noah or Frankie later.

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

Colt snorted at Mel's comments. "Yeah true, his touch would probably turn the roses golden. Who is Lewis Carol..?" he asked giving her a quizzical look. He returned his attention to Myers. Hmm alright so this guy was named Professor Myers. Not a horrible name to live up to. Man this guy had way too much energy for his liking. It seemed like he had 10 cups of coffee this morning. Now onto the question. What did this slytherin know about roses? Well it was an awesome gift to give to a girl. It always gave you brownie points but he needed to know about rose parts.

Colt raised his hand, "Professor there is a famous rock song titled Every Rose has it's thorn. So I guess....I mean I am just spitballing that roses has thorns. I'm guessing yet again the thorns are used for predators like animals and such."

Looking at him using his common sense.

Paul nodded, drawing some..crudely drawn thorns on the flower. “Yes! Thorns! They prick us!” They were all, of course, right. “And very good, Miss Kennedy. Prickles would be the CORRECT term..but that’s for pretty strict botanist and herbologist, and I accept the word THORN for this matter, in any case. But good point.”

Paul could have gone on for a good half hour about the difference between thorns and prickles. However, he didn’t think anyone wanted to hear that.

SPOILER!!: Petals!

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Originally Posted by hermygirl

Sam had been FAR too shocked by the whole performance to respond to the last question, even though she had some theories of how the colour changing might work. Detecting pressure, maybe, or maybe a chemical Myers had on his hands. Instead, she'd shot a completely and utterly bewildered look to Dora.

Why was Myers dressed up like a pantomime dame? What did it have to do with roses? ...and what in Merlin's Beard was their prefect doing on the table?

It was BIZARRE. And, well, lost on her.

She awkwardly sipped her tea by way of a distraction from it all, and hoped that the lesson would return to normality shortly. Which thankfully, it did, if she looked past the outfit the Professor was wearing.

"The petals 'elp attract pollinators," Sam replied. "Both the colour of 'em, and the scent."

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Originally Posted by Kimothy

Professor Myers received all the BEAMS at the moment. BIG WIDE BEAMS FROM VIVIAN.

So they were starting with the basics first. Vivi didn't mind. It was a good idea to take the lesson one at a time. The eleven year old jotted more notes on her notebook. She did take note about that detail, the rose plant shrub thingy. She never really thought of it. Mostly just thought roses were pretty flowers that her daddy would give her mummy during Valentines' Day or their anniversary. Cheesy parents, really.

Vivi raised her hand up. "I know it's been mentioned before, and pretty obvious too, but the rose petals are one of its parts!" She grinned at Professor Myers and wiggled on her seat. "They're really pretty... just like YOU in your Red Queen costume, Professor!" Truth be told, he was really pulling that outfit off.

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Originally Posted by littledhampir

Olly was shocked. He had gotten it right? And gotten three points? Olly beamed, very proud of himself. He had not been expecting to get a question right in Herbology. This day was going pretty well so far.

Bring on the next question. He could do it. He was feeling pumped up. Like he could answer anything. Not that he could. Actually, far from it. But when he did hear the next question his good mood stayed. That was a fairly easy question. Even he knew the answer. Olly's hand shot into the air. "Petals! Roses have petals. They're colorful." Did petals have a greater purpose? Olly didn't know.

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi

"MERLIN'S FROG LEGGED PANTS!" She hadn't taken notice of the costume the Professor was wearing, nor had she paid attention to his 'threat'. She was too occupied with dealing with her tea stained uniform. With no idea how to clean it and the hot water already cooling down, Rebecca decided to sit back down and ask someone after class to help her out.

Really? Body heat was what changed the colors of the roses? Well that was ...highly dissapointing. She would have thought that MAGIC would be at play at a MAGICAL school. But then she wondered if muggles had flowers that could change color at touch as well. She grew blank as she tried to think of one.

The sudden blast of hot air around the room caused the wet tea stain on her shirt to dry up but she hadn't taken notice of it since she was too busy looking at all the roses changing color.

"A rose can also be a symbol of looooove" she said , clapping her hands together and giggled. "Oh and they have ...petals in all kinds of colors i suppose" She didn't know anything else except for that they were pretty.

And that she still wanted one...

LOTS of petal answers! But that was good! Petals were certainly important. “Yes, they DO attract pollinators, CORRECT,” he smiled at Sam. And he winked at Vivian. “Thank you, m’dear.” Paul had never been called pretty in all his life ;__; So he would try and cherish this moment.

He continued to label things on the board as people said them.

SPOILER!!: Roots!

Zeke! Paul smiled at the bright young man, who always had such interesting answers. “ROOTS, m’boy, are extremely important. YOU are correct. An anchor roots--EXCELLENT.”

SPOILER!!: Reproductive Parts!

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Originally Posted by Deezerz

Jeez, was it getting hot in here? Cornelius fanned his face with his hand, green eyes following the man in heels wherever he moved. They appeared to be currently glued on Myers. The warmth came from some warm air...from Myers' WAND...not like..........gas..........IMAGINE THAT. OMM NO WAY. He would DIE.

At Myers' evil smirk, Cornelius couldn't help but flash one of his own. It was CONTAGIOUS, okay? The man was becoming a walking legend in heels in Cornelius' mind, therefore the child was going to pick up things from the man.

The boy's hand shot up in the air, again. If someone was sitting them to him, well, BE CAREFUL. "There's that middle part of the flower that has pollen." He made a circular motion with his finger and thumb and pointed at it with his other index finger. Besides kicking serious butt, his mum also dabbled in gardening and told him bits of it ~~when he was listening~~. "And it's function is for the reproduction of flowers." BOW CHIKA WOW WOW.

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Originally Posted by JennMarie

Oh, oh, oh! He was on a ROLL today! Look at that. 3 POINTS TO RAVENCLAW! you're welcome guys, you're welcome.
Talking about the parts of a rose his hand shot up again on instinct. This was literally his favorite subject of all times, ROSES!

"There's the Hip of the Rose, which is..... like the center part of it.. it holds the seeds that will produce more roses!... yup.. the hip." that's what it was. And his favorite part because from one rose you always got SEVERAL thanks to the hip seeds. He liked to plant roses with his mum, did he mention he loved her?

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Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow

Echo giggled, she knew a response but hopefully she wouldnt get into trouble for saying it. raising her hand "Professor, Roses have Stigmas and Ovaries. and what a stigma is a tunnel per say that helps the pollen get into the roses center where the ovaries are. they are like these hair strands that are responsible for the egg production in the flowers."

Her mother loved roses and always told Echo to help her with gardening, so this was kind of a bonus that she knew something about todays lesson, even though she hated to get dirty.

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Originally Posted by Ameh

Yes yes. Jaemin was the son of a Herbologist, indeed. But he was also the son of a woman who owned a plant nursery, and Muggle plants had been a big part of his life as well, so he knew... some things about roses as well, even being a twelve year old boy. In fact... he rather liked them. Because there were so many different kinds,and there were hybrids, and everything.

People were already naming rose parts, which didn't leave Jaemin a whole bunch to list off. Still... he had to say something right? This was the class at which he was the best...

"Rose hips," he murmured, tracing a finger in the precipitation forming on the side of the glass. He tugged at his collar with his other hand, a bit warm due to the professor's hot air thing. It was a good thing he wasn't drinking tea... he looked up at the professor, flinching ever so slightly at the face paint again. "They're like the fruit of roses and they have all the seeds and stuff, but a lot of roses you buy don't make them because the petals are in too tight. Cause a lot of roses are sorta... bred like that."

People liked to crossbreed roses, obviously. Especially with ones like tea roses that didn't really die off like others did... the boy looked at the tea cups the other students had, tilting his head thoughtfully.

"Are the roses you have hybrids with tea roses, professor? Is that why there's tea?"

It seemed appropriate.

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Originally Posted by Tegz

Okay so Char had only suggested weight sensitive because sooo many other people had already said about temperature and she wanted to be UNIQUE and think OUT OF THE BOX, so it was GREAT that he got an idea for something and everything but maybe she should start just saying what everyone else said to get points too?

...

....

Naahhhhhhh! Who cared about those anyways? You didn't get anything good from them after all! And also there was too much going ON to think too hard about it, Charlotte's eyes widened and she looked from Blaise to Rooney and back to Blaise again and YES she DID see Daxton leave TOO (and some random old girl but Char didn't know who she was and also she was old so who cared) and she looked over at the professor to see how he was taking all this. Or not taking it? Or......had he not noticed Daxton at ALL?

... well SHE was no snitch! Charlotte turned her head to look at Olly and made big eyes at him like WHAT DID YOU SEE ALL THAT? HOW CRAZY WAS THAT and also she sort of wished she had made a bet with him on how long it would take for Daxton to want to leave. She would have won for sure.

Well. She would just make sure her notes were good, and give both of her friends copies, and if the professor DID notice Daxton had left, she would cover for him! Yeah!

Now, back to the topic at hand....

.... ummm.... OH PARTS OF A ROOOOSE!

She stuck her hand up. There were SO MANY PARTS.

"There's the pistil which is all the bits of the rose that make up the female bits! Oh and sepals which are the bits of the calyx that are green and cover the rose when its just a wee baby bud!"

Ooooh and that one boy mentioned the calyx and THAT was her cousin's name! Named AFTER the bit of the flower! She could go ON AND ON FOREVER but she didn't, sitting on her hand instead.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

Janelle got it right! She did a yessssss inside her head when the professor said her answer was correct. The points she got for her right answer was icing on the cake. The temperature changing roses were pretty cool and Janelle couldn't wait to see what they would be doing with them.

No time for thinking about that though because it was time for another question. Parts of a rose? Janelle only knew a few and most of them had been mentioned already. You'd think that having a Herbology nerd in the family would have helped her out in class, but......no. Janelle went through the list of parts in her mind and there were only two left that she could think of. Raising her hand, she said, "The stamen is one part of a rose." "That's where the pollen is made." Answer given, Janelle sat back and continued taking notes. She was hearing things that she had never heard before.

Paul was delighted that some of them REALLY seemed to KNOW about roses! It made the walkout of Blaise Bellaire hurt a little less. ~~Sorry Nicky and Daxton, the man didn’t notice you but will notice later and cry, probably.~~ “The word you’re looking for, Cornelius, is the ANTHER--” more scribbling on the board. Pollen holder. A male part.

“It is important to note, as many of you said, that roses have both male and female parts in order to reproduce. Wonderful, wonderful!” he smiled and nodded. He proceeded to label MORE parts on the board…”Calyx...yes…” he was shocked some of them even KNEW the calyx

Interesting.

“And yes, Mr. Song, they are crossbred,” he added.

SPOILER!!: Sepals!

A few people have mentioned sepals! Paul beamed at them and nodded. “Yes, yes, very good! And as Miss Kettleburn mentioned before...they’re to protect the the weeeeee bud!” To quote Char Kettleburn.

“And BARK--wow--yes yes, Philipe! Good job!”

SPOILER!!: Leaves!

He was surprised more people had not said leaves. Curious, very curious.

“Leaves, yes, are very important!” he’d just...scribble the function of the LEAF up here, yes...ah, naaaah--he quickly erased it. Not needed right now.

SPOILER!!: Stems!

“Of course you can keep the cup, m’dear,” he chuckled a little. “And yes, a stem is very much like our legs!” Kind of...ISH?

SPOILER!!: Roses as FOOD!

That was interesting. Someone else had said something about tea earlier…and Paul immediately directed his attention onto the other things this one was saying about EATING roses. “Yes, you can eat those parts--I wouldn’t, personally, but you CAN. And personally, I have no taste for rose petal tea--”

BLEGH. No no NO. Paul did NOT like it.

SPOILER!!: Pollen

Well. Paul had never thought of pollen as PART of the flower...just something produced BY the flower. “I suppose you’re not WRONG, Miss Denaker. Pollen certainly...comes from and resides on the flower…” Hmm. At least she was thinking out of the box.

SPOILER!!: Quiet but DEADLY STUDENTS!

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Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart

For once Miranda hadn't a thing to say... To be honest she had never much thought of what the different parts of a rose were or what their functions were either... Oh well.... Time to pay attention and learn something new.

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Originally Posted by pundantic

It was 2089.

It was not that Chloe cared that he cross dressed-- whatever he did in his spare time was his business-- but she thought it was a little inappropriate that he was trying out his new routine in class. Could he just wear his dress without being so darn dramatic about it?

Speaking of drama, her hair did NOT appreciate the sudden gust of warm air. She could feel it grow in size.

Chloe was starting to loathe this class, could he tell?

His question about roses had her thinking: flower petals, roots, pollen, stem and thorns. That was all she knew and her classmates seemed to have it covered. She wouldn't add anything productive to the conversation. So, again, she didn't speak.

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Originally Posted by Nc.Ap.

Mason smiled at Kitty when the older girl came up to her, with tea as well, at least. "Hey, Kitty. How was the re- Oh sweet baby Merlin!"

O____O

Were her eyes broken? Was this some sort of creepy boggart? WHY THE HELL WAS THEIR PROFESSOR DRESSED LIKE A MUGGLE DRAG-QUEEN??!!!!

Mason stared at him, dumbfounded, tea forgotten. What was he going on about? People painting his roses? OHHHHHHHHHHH, DUH. Mason you idiot! He was dressed as the Red Queen from Alice. For someone who had loved the book as a child, it had taken her quite a while to finally realize what he was aiming for. . . And apparantely someone was losing their head, which made Mason VERY grateful for the fact that she had ignored the roses completely and had gone straight for the tea. See? Tea was a life-saver.

Mason drained the last of said wonderful-tea and placed the cup back onto the table. She gave the professor an applause for that beautiful performance. Maybe he had studied at WADA when he was younger? He seemed to have the talent. . .

Anyhoooooooo. She grabbed her bag from the floor and made her way towards one of the empty desks. She was getting away from there as soon as possible, since Myers might actually complete his threat of beheading. Mason stroked some of the roses on her way there, watching them change color, ~~since they were actually pretty cool~~ aaaanddd HEAATTTTTT. Thank you, Professor for those few seconds of bliss.

. . . Theodore Wimbleton?

Insert subtle snort here. Wizards had the weirdest names. . . not that her real one was any better, but eh.

Oh Merlin, were they actually supposed to KNOW what the parts of a rose was? Uuuhhhmmmm. What? How did some of these peasant just KNOW this? Did they spend their free time looking for diagrams of roses? PPfffttt. . . no thank you.

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Originally Posted by DJ ExpelliarMOOSE

FINALLY!

Torrance was able to close shut every face hole he had that needed closing before it would become like a desert on his face. This unfortunately prevented him from getting to answer the question as now he was trying to just let it all soak up once more.

How dare Mister Professor Myer's do that to his face.

He blinked a few more times and ran his tongue over the roof of his mouth for a bit. This was getting better.

He reached into his Robe's pocket and took out Three Sugar packets. Ripped them open and just let the sugar dissolve in his mouth as he kept focused in class.

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Originally Posted by Dokimoto

Okay so were all of her lessons going to be as erm, individualistic as she had seen thus far? Their teacher was literally dressed up as a character Kye vaguely knew about. It was a classic book that she never read. A book about imagination? Something like that. Kye watched the hubbub and the students were pretty much all having a blast. She couldn't say she wasn't a fan of tea, so Kye helped herself to a cup and found a place to see the commotion.

Okay, so she liked the whole 'changing the color' demonstration. When asked what could have been at play here, Kye couldn't help but go a bit sarcastic. "Magic perhaps?" was her guess. She did kind of want to know how to do it though, that was pretty. She would turn flowers purple, or blue, or green. How pretty! She sipped her tea, listening to students far more advanced than she give out more realistic and helpful answers. She took out some parchment to write down anything she didn't know about so she could try to read up on them later... well hypothetically.

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Originally Posted by Squishy

She will see about the tea?

WHAT DID THAT EVEN MEAN???

More confused than ever, Esme looked down at her cup and examined it. Everything seemed to be as it should so nothing had been done to it. Professor Myers wouldn't try anything. Or would he? This wouldn't be the first time that students were tricked during lessons. She didn't know what to think but IF something had been done to the tea it wouldn't harm them and that made her feel a little more at ease even if she was still lost.

Obviously she knew about the parts of the rose bush - her mom gardened - but since other people had already shared, Esme felt that any input she offered would be rather redundant. She would keep her mouth shut for the moment.

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Originally Posted by StarShine

Katherine was relieved that it was Jacen who sat beside her. He was clever, silent (if not shy) and definitely not a troublemaker. She could trust him and be at ease during this lesson. So she returned the grin back (which touched her eyes for a chance) and instinctively turned her head to the front too and re-read the note.

Well, then. She didn't feel dehydrated, but she always followed the rules, so she got together with her house mate and got herself a cup of water as well. Tea would distract her as she would need to drink it carefully. Water was safe, though.

...

Katherine JUMPED when the door was slammed, and she turned towards the sound - she was met with a professor fully in costume, who was SHOUTING...

PAINT THE ROSES RED!? BUT - BUT - THEY HAD BEEN RED WHEN THEY ENTERED AND IN FACT, THEY TURNED WHITE WHEN PEOPLE TOUCHED AND IF HECOULDJUSTSTOPSHOUTINGSHEWOULDEXPLAIN - she looked mortified and wasn't it TOO MUCH OF A PUNISHMENT - TO CUT OFF A HEAD - OR WAS THAT HYPOTHETİCAL - WHAT IF THE HAG HAD CAPTIVATED PROFESSOR MYERS LIKE BARTY CROUCH JR DID TO -

................

It had been drama. A play. A JOKE. While Katherine was immensely relieved that they weren't GUILTY of no such act as ruining the roses, she felt also pretty stupid for falling for it. She didn't know which character the Professor became (because her family had stopped reading her children's books when she was three or four), but it was a fun -

What......was......her house's prefect.....doing......on....top.....of.....a..... TABLE!?

Katherine was mortified for REAL this time as she watched the boy with big eyes. WHATWASHEDOING!? Her eyes shot to the professor with rising panic - were they going to lose POINTS? - but then te Professor CLAPPED and she vacillated between clapping and not clapping - clapped twice veeeeeery feebly - and just... tried to make sense of the last few moments while the people answered to the question. So... this was a PLAY, Rooney had WATCHED it (so did the girl who tried to set her on fire last term, apparently), and Professor liked his performance enough to award it a point.

Well, then...

Secretly agreeing with Blaise (which was weird, because wasn't someone who started a food fight supposed to LIKE any type of commotion?), she shrugged as she looked at Jacen with the expression of "Oh well", she began listening to the answers. Her explanation (that it was a defence mechanism upon a threat such as touching) had already been told, so she didn't see any reason to repeat it. She noted down some of the answers she liked and waited for the Professor's explanation. Ooooooooh, it was temperature? Why... didn't she know that? Her face went paler all of a sudden, as she hurriedly opened the textbook to find where it said this. She had READ ALL of this textbook and her mum had prepared several EXAMS from it for her - which she had aced all - so why did she NOT remember this!?

In her panic, she completely missed the part where the Professor drew his wand, and when the hot air hit her face, she SHOUTED OUT with an "AAAAH - !!!" She looked around with more panic, and upon seeing that everyone was acting cool, she calmed down too (though she was still panicky about how she could forget), not without her face's turning even redder than the roses, of course. All was cool. She had simply been shocked by the entrance of the professor. It was aaaaaaall fine...

She noted down the rest of the Professor's explanation, and took a BIG gulp from the cup. Her hands felt sticky with sweat, and suddenly it was way too hot in here. She wanted to fan herself with the textbook, but that would probably distract the professor, so she didn't. Instead, she tried to focus on what he was saying, but that was hard. In the end, before she could come up with a nice answer, everything she could have said was told, so she was left with NO answers AGAIN.

This didn't look good at all. Her mum would be very disappointed if she knew.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

It was not that he had not seen a man wearing women's clothing. He had. Its just this was an extreme case even for that. Dante just nodded and closed his eyes to try and forget what was going on. But the minute he opened them again there he was still in the dress. Could he just get up and leave and what was the Ravenclaw prefect doing with Liv. I guess when your a prefect you can jump on tables. Well whatever he did not even want to know.

So he basically was right it had to do with skin contact. But relating to temperature. Cool. Dante only knew roses had thorns and that was it. So another question he was going to stay quiet on since someone probably said it since he was not paying attention at all past hearing the question.

And look at Blaise making an exit

Trying to go out in a blaise of glory in this Herbo Lesson. Not that Dante blamed him.

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Originally Posted by Hey Ju

Alright, Matt had absolutely no clue what the heck was going on in that class. Prefects were shouting, people climbing on tables and yelling their heads off, throwing things about, setting things on fire and EVERYTHING.

He might be exaggerating, but it felt like that lessons was MADNESS. And a very strange one, because Matt didn't feel like joining in in the strangeness. Mainly because it all looked WEIRD and he also didn't know what they were going on about, so it didn't interest him much.

Also, they were talking about roses and that was one of the types of plants Matt didn't care about either, so. He would be bored if this class wasn't mental at the moment. The colour changing thing was interesting, though, so he watched that in aawweeee. "Cool." He said under his breath, but that was it. He didn't bother about giving a reply because 1- everything he knew had already been mentioned and 2- the professor had only repeated his answer the last time - which really was a question, but still - so what was the point?

Crazy stuff and crazy people at Hogwarts, man. Matt appreciated it, but Hogwarts was SO WEIRD even Matt was taken aback sometimes.

Sheesh.

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Originally Posted by Goblinfrog

"GAAHH!" Kitty stumbled backwards in alarm as what looked like a very evil clown came charging in, probably with the intent of gobbling them all up. She tripped and fell on top of one of the rose bushes but thankfully didn't damage it. She stood to run, but then....

Professor Paul??? Kitty steadied her breathing as she realized with everyone else that it was only Professor Paul, and not dressed as a evil clown - but as the Queen of Wonderland. Okay, calm down Kitty.

The first question that he asked went soaring right over Kitty's head, she was too distracted by his outfit and making sure that the rose bush wasn't damaged. But she had recovered from the initial shock by the time of the second one with an answer. "Petals!" Kitty piped in, raising her right hand. "The petals are the thing that most people notice first, and if they were alive then that would be how flowers expressed their personality. Like fashion."

That might have been a silly point of view, but Kitty's mind was still wheeling from the shock of Professor Paul: Queen of Wonderland. Or Underland, depending on what version you were watching.

Paul noticed all of them. The quiet ones. Sipping their tea, some of them. He just gave many of them encouraging looks...and whatnot. The next part of the lesson...well..the fun was about to begin.

Now, Paul was no artist, but he had done enough rose plant anatomy pictures in his time to be..decent at this at least. A final touch, he added a smiley face. It had to be a HAPPY rose, right? He smiled at his handiwork and gestured at the board. “In essence...the rose. And all the parts serve VERY specific functions--functions outlined in your textbook that I will probably not quiz you on EVER because I care more that you know how to care for these plants.”

He cleared his throat, and smirked…”Now...time for the EXCITEMENT...” he chuckled evilly to himself. “I would like you ALL to gather in a circle here, in the front of the room, around this--” he gestured to the potted rosebush in the front of the room--”Rosebush!” Because surprise surprise….

“Now…” he had a hold of his wand. “I spiked your tea and water with a shrinking solution--” he said casually, “So ANY minute now, we’re going to SHRINK--and don’t worry, we’ll land right in the middle of that plant--” he had planned this out carefully. Magic was a thing. “OH and those of you who did NOT drink the tea--” Paul had taken note. He whipped his wand about and non-verbally shrunk them down to size and caaaaarefully made sure they were safely delivered onto the soil of the plant. It was time to HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS all up here--

“Any second now the rest of us should all shrink and join the others--”

And before he knew it, he was shrinking--he could see, collectively, his students all shrinking--keeping his wand poised, he made sure they all landed SAFELY without snaggling against any of those thorns...onto the soil.

The roses...towered above them.

“As you all can SEE...those roses are quite a different story from down here! And exquisite and BEAUTIFUL!” it was like being in a very tall forest where the tops of the trees were flowers instead of...leaves and stuff. COOL, you see? DID THEY UNDERSTAND?

“So, for today’s activity...I will be giving you all RIDDLES that have to do with...taking care of the rosebush...and you all will solving the riddles AND in turn...doing the actions! I’ll let you all gain your footing before we begin…” Ahem. There were tiny buckets of epsom salt...scattered around the soil, hidden behind some smaller stems and whatnot. Paul had set out a chair for himself, and was sipping his tea quite calmly in his dress as he looked around. “Is everyone...ready?”

OOC: OKAY so...BEAR WITH US PLEASE! We have all now..shrunk to the size of tiny little people IN this rosebush, on the soil part. The rosebush is REALLY tall and whatnot.

I am not starting with the riddles for another 15 or so hours! Feel free to catch up if you need! Or take a breather or something lol! I love you all <3 ~~even those of you who walked out, so much love~~

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kayquilz Granian Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Bikini Bottom Posts: 21,185 Hogwarts RPG Name: Roman Gellar Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Arden Toros Gryffindor Sixth Year x4 x1	1. We can't draw 2. We had to use crayons 3. I'M SORRY A Poop * k8 * Paul had gotten colored chalk JUST for this lesson, really, because he thought a COLORED diagram would be much more fun, yes. He got his CHALK AT THE READY. He needed to forget the meanness that had come before--ROSES WERE IN THE AIR! SPOILER!!: Thorns! Quote: Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy Thankfully no one seemed to have noticed her little mishap with the tea. Good good. It was embarrassing enough to her that she had spilled the drink but it would've been worse had anyone noticed. The small mess was already cleaned up and her hands were still a little red but slowly fading, no trip to the healer needed. Hadleigh returned the smile from Professor Myers sitting back in her chair as she listened to the man explain how the roses were sensitive to temperature. Much like the flowers and butterflies of her tattoo, temperature and touch made them move, not change colors but it was close. "Torns. Roses typically have torns," she answered lifting a hand into the air. Painful little things torns were. As she knew fairly well being as she tended to prick herself on them often enough. Quote: Originally Posted by Saz Hale Abby thought and said "Well it has already been mentioned but the Thorns are a part of the rose and it is quite easy to prick one's finger on a thorn as they are sharp" Abby knew that it was already said but she wanted to add to some of her classmates answers Quote: Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles Azura practically wilted in her chair as Professor Meyers spoke.. Of course she hadn't gotten it right. Her idea was stupid.. She just had that idea in her head.. Cause of.. Reasons. Horrible awful reasons. Not to mention she had heard the temperature answer given before her and she didn't want to look like a copycat. She sighed softly as she slunk down in her desk.. Quiet as she listened to everyone else give answers about the parts of roses. Everyone had already said what she wanted to say. Though.. The more she heard about Thorns.. She perked up a bit And her hand went into the air. " Roses don't have thorns per se. They are called "prickles" And they protect the Rose from creatures eating them." Because who would want to eat something that prickled them in the mouth? She wouldn't! Quote: Originally Posted by RachieRu Ahh. Harriet really did like Roses. They were so pretty. Oooh. She knew about Roses! Or she knew a little bit anyway. Thinking of a little bit, Hattie tried to think of a really good answer. She wanted her head of house to think she was a good little first year. With a beam the young girl waved her hand in the air, waiting for her turn to answer. "well Professor. Rose's have little thorny things. And I think they are meant to scare people away. Because they really hurt when you prick your finger on them. Like.... it's a safety thing. To make sure the flower says pretty" Because it was super important the the Rose stayed pretty. Smiling, she put her hand down. She was totally proud. The lesson was turning out to be a little odd. Especially some of the older students. Was every lesson here going to be like that? She would need to remember to ask Noah or Frankie later. Quote: Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin Colt snorted at Mel's comments. "Yeah true, his touch would probably turn the roses golden. Who is Lewis Carol..?" he asked giving her a quizzical look. He returned his attention to Myers. Hmm alright so this guy was named Professor Myers. Not a horrible name to live up to. Man this guy had way too much energy for his liking. It seemed like he had 10 cups of coffee this morning. Now onto the question. What did this slytherin know about roses? Well it was an awesome gift to give to a girl. It always gave you brownie points but he needed to know about rose parts. Colt raised his hand, "Professor there is a famous rock song titled Every Rose has it's thorn. So I guess....I mean I am just spitballing that roses has thorns. I'm guessing yet again the thorns are used for predators like animals and such." Looking at him using his common sense. Paul nodded, drawing some..crudely drawn thorns on the flower. “Yes! Thorns! They prick us!” They were all, of course, right. “And very good, Miss Kennedy. Prickles would be the CORRECT term..but that’s for pretty strict botanist and herbologist, and I accept the word THORN for this matter, in any case. But good point.” Paul could have gone on for a good half hour about the difference between thorns and prickles. However, he didn’t think anyone wanted to hear that. SPOILER!!: Petals! Quote: Originally Posted by hermygirl Sam had been FAR too shocked by the whole performance to respond to the last question, even though she had some theories of how the colour changing might work. Detecting pressure, maybe, or maybe a chemical Myers had on his hands. Instead, she'd shot a completely and utterly bewildered look to Dora. Why was Myers dressed up like a pantomime dame? What did it have to do with roses? ...and what in Merlin's Beard was their prefect doing on the table? It was BIZARRE. And, well, lost on her. She awkwardly sipped her tea by way of a distraction from it all, and hoped that the lesson would return to normality shortly. Which thankfully, it did, if she looked past the outfit the Professor was wearing. "The petals 'elp attract pollinators," Sam replied. "Both the colour of 'em, and the scent." Quote: Originally Posted by Kimothy Professor Myers received all the BEAMS at the moment. BIG WIDE BEAMS FROM VIVIAN. So they were starting with the basics first. Vivi didn't mind. It was a good idea to take the lesson one at a time. The eleven year old jotted more notes on her notebook. She did take note about that detail, the rose plant shrub thingy. She never really thought of it. Mostly just thought roses were pretty flowers that her daddy would give her mummy during Valentines' Day or their anniversary. Cheesy parents, really. Vivi raised her hand up. "I know it's been mentioned before, and pretty obvious too, but the rose petals are one of its parts!" She grinned at Professor Myers and wiggled on her seat. "They're really pretty... just like YOU in your Red Queen costume, Professor!" Truth be told, he was really pulling that outfit off. Quote: Originally Posted by littledhampir Olly was shocked. He had gotten it right? And gotten three points? Olly beamed, very proud of himself. He had not been expecting to get a question right in Herbology. This day was going pretty well so far. Bring on the next question. He could do it. He was feeling pumped up. Like he could answer anything. Not that he could. Actually, far from it. But when he did hear the next question his good mood stayed. That was a fairly easy question. Even he knew the answer. Olly's hand shot into the air. "Petals! Roses have petals. They're colorful." Did petals have a greater purpose? Olly didn't know. Quote: Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi "MERLIN'S FROG LEGGED PANTS!" She hadn't taken notice of the costume the Professor was wearing, nor had she paid attention to his 'threat'. She was too occupied with dealing with her tea stained uniform. With no idea how to clean it and the hot water already cooling down, Rebecca decided to sit back down and ask someone after class to help her out. Really? Body heat was what changed the colors of the roses? Well that was ...highly dissapointing. She would have thought that MAGIC would be at play at a MAGICAL school. But then she wondered if muggles had flowers that could change color at touch as well. She grew blank as she tried to think of one. The sudden blast of hot air around the room caused the wet tea stain on her shirt to dry up but she hadn't taken notice of it since she was too busy looking at all the roses changing color. "A rose can also be a symbol of looooove" she said , clapping her hands together and giggled. "Oh and they have ...petals in all kinds of colors i suppose" She didn't know anything else except for that they were pretty. And that she still wanted one... LOTS of petal answers! But that was good! Petals were certainly important. “Yes, they DO attract pollinators, CORRECT,” he smiled at Sam. And he winked at Vivian. “Thank you, m’dear.” Paul had never been called pretty in all his life ;__; So he would try and cherish this moment. He continued to label things on the board as people said them. SPOILER!!: Roots! Quote: Originally Posted by Hera Partly right, he was only partly right. HOW WAS HE SUPPOSED TO BE FULLY RIGHT IF HE'D NEVER SEEN THE PLANT BEFORE?! And he was STILL wondering ow he managed an 'O' for the subject. Nevertheless, he WAS right... even if he didn't say the whole temperature thing. Tiny detail, really. The whole hot air thing was appreciated though. Toasty! But before he knew it they were being swept up into a frenzied conversation about the various parts of the rose shrubs. Well... this he could do. Stating the obvious was something he did well at. Hand raised, he contributed his thoughts. "Roots sir, it has roots... and more specifically it has anchor roots and the other spready roots." See? He was ELABORATING now. Zeke! Paul smiled at the bright young man, who always had such interesting answers. “ROOTS, m’boy, are extremely important. YOU are correct. An anchor roots--EXCELLENT.” SPOILER!!: Reproductive Parts! Quote: Originally Posted by Deezerz Jeez, was it getting hot in here? Cornelius fanned his face with his hand, green eyes following the man in heels wherever he moved. They appeared to be currently glued on Myers. The warmth came from some warm air...from Myers' WAND...not like..........gas..........IMAGINE THAT. OMM NO WAY. He would DIE. At Myers' evil smirk, Cornelius couldn't help but flash one of his own. It was CONTAGIOUS, okay? The man was becoming a walking legend in heels in Cornelius' mind, therefore the child was going to pick up things from the man. The boy's hand shot up in the air, again. If someone was sitting them to him, well, BE CAREFUL. "There's that middle part of the flower that has pollen." He made a circular motion with his finger and thumb and pointed at it with his other index finger. Besides kicking serious butt, his mum also dabbled in gardening and told him bits of it ~~when he was listening~~. "And it's function is for the reproduction of flowers." BOW CHIKA WOW WOW. Quote: Originally Posted by JennMarie Oh, oh, oh! He was on a ROLL today! Look at that. 3 POINTS TO RAVENCLAW! you're welcome guys, you're welcome. Talking about the parts of a rose his hand shot up again on instinct. This was literally his favorite subject of all times, ROSES! "There's the Hip of the Rose, which is..... like the center part of it.. it holds the seeds that will produce more roses!... yup.. the hip." that's what it was. And his favorite part because from one rose you always got SEVERAL thanks to the hip seeds. He liked to plant roses with his mum, did he mention he loved her? Quote: Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow Echo giggled, she knew a response but hopefully she wouldnt get into trouble for saying it. raising her hand "Professor, Roses have Stigmas and Ovaries. and what a stigma is a tunnel per say that helps the pollen get into the roses center where the ovaries are. they are like these hair strands that are responsible for the egg production in the flowers." Her mother loved roses and always told Echo to help her with gardening, so this was kind of a bonus that she knew something about todays lesson, even though she hated to get dirty. Quote: Originally Posted by Ameh Yes yes. Jaemin was the son of a Herbologist, indeed. But he was also the son of a woman who owned a plant nursery, and Muggle plants had been a big part of his life as well, so he knew... some things about roses as well, even being a twelve year old boy. In fact... he rather liked them. Because there were so many different kinds,and there were hybrids, and everything. People were already naming rose parts, which didn't leave Jaemin a whole bunch to list off. Still... he had to say something right? This was the class at which he was the best... "Rose hips," he murmured, tracing a finger in the precipitation forming on the side of the glass. He tugged at his collar with his other hand, a bit warm due to the professor's hot air thing. It was a good thing he wasn't drinking tea... he looked up at the professor, flinching ever so slightly at the face paint again. "They're like the fruit of roses and they have all the seeds and stuff, but a lot of roses you buy don't make them because the petals are in too tight. Cause a lot of roses are sorta... bred like that." People liked to crossbreed roses, obviously. Especially with ones like tea roses that didn't really die off like others did... the boy looked at the tea cups the other students had, tilting his head thoughtfully. "Are the roses you have hybrids with tea roses, professor? Is that why there's tea?" It seemed appropriate. Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz Okay so Char had only suggested weight sensitive because sooo many other people had already said about temperature and she wanted to be UNIQUE and think OUT OF THE BOX, so it was GREAT that he got an idea for something and everything but maybe she should start just saying what everyone else said to get points too? ... .... Naahhhhhhh! Who cared about those anyways? You didn't get anything good from them after all! And also there was too much going ON to think too hard about it, Charlotte's eyes widened and she looked from Blaise to Rooney and back to Blaise again and YES she DID see Daxton leave TOO (and some random old girl but Char didn't know who she was and also she was old so who cared) and she looked over at the professor to see how he was taking all this. Or not taking it? Or......had he not noticed Daxton at ALL? ... well SHE was no snitch! Charlotte turned her head to look at Olly and made big eyes at him like WHAT DID YOU SEE ALL THAT? HOW CRAZY WAS THAT and also she sort of wished she had made a bet with him on how long it would take for Daxton to want to leave. She would have won for sure. Well. She would just make sure her notes were good, and give both of her friends copies, and if the professor DID notice Daxton had left, she would cover for him! Yeah! Now, back to the topic at hand.... .... ummm.... OH PARTS OF A ROOOOSE! She stuck her hand up. There were SO MANY PARTS. "There's the pistil which is all the bits of the rose that make up the female bits! Oh and sepals which are the bits of the calyx that are green and cover the rose when its just a wee baby bud!" Ooooh and that one boy mentioned the calyx and THAT was her cousin's name! Named AFTER the bit of the flower! She could go ON AND ON FOREVER but she didn't, sitting on her hand instead. Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Janelle got it right! She did a yessssss inside her head when the professor said her answer was correct. The points she got for her right answer was icing on the cake. The temperature changing roses were pretty cool and Janelle couldn't wait to see what they would be doing with them. No time for thinking about that though because it was time for another question. Parts of a rose? Janelle only knew a few and most of them had been mentioned already. You'd think that having a Herbology nerd in the family would have helped her out in class, but......no. Janelle went through the list of parts in her mind and there were only two left that she could think of. Raising her hand, she said, "The stamen is one part of a rose." "That's where the pollen is made." Answer given, Janelle sat back and continued taking notes. She was hearing things that she had never heard before. Paul was delighted that some of them REALLY seemed to KNOW about roses! It made the walkout of Blaise Bellaire hurt a little less. ~~Sorry Nicky and Daxton, the man didn’t notice you but will notice later and cry, probably.~~ “The word you’re looking for, Cornelius, is the ANTHER--” more scribbling on the board. Pollen holder. A male part. “It is important to note, as many of you said, that roses have both male and female parts in order to reproduce. Wonderful, wonderful!” he smiled and nodded. He proceeded to label MORE parts on the board…”Calyx...yes…” he was shocked some of them even KNEW the calyx Interesting. “And yes, Mr. Song, they are crossbred,” he added. SPOILER!!: Sepals! Quote: Originally Posted by PuppySara Philipe blinked to the question. He'd helped his nanny Mary with the garden at their house so he knew all about roses... But to name their parts and their purposes? That could take a while because there were over 50 parts to the shrub and all of them did something different... He glanced around hearing the others answers and kinda figured he might be the only one who knew that much about the plants. So he'd name just a few at least. "Professor there's quite a lot to a rose actually... But some of the basic parts are the rootstock, which cultivate the roots of a rose which will implant with a bud from another variety." He nodded trying to think of another people might not know, "The sepal which is a part of the calyx. They're the green coverings that fall back to reveal the petals of the rose... Usually a rose will have 5 of them." Two was probably enough, but he figured one more wouldn't hurt, "Oh, and one that not many know, a rose does have bark, it's just the outer layer of the stem." He smiled, pretty proud of himself for the three answers, not that he couldn't name more, but he figured he'd give others the chance... Hopefully he wasn't the only one who knew there was more to roses than just leafs, stems, petals and thorns. A few people have mentioned sepals! Paul beamed at them and nodded. “Yes, yes, very good! And as Miss Kettleburn mentioned before...they’re to protect the the weeeeee bud!” To quote Char Kettleburn. “And BARK--wow--yes yes, Philipe! Good job!” SPOILER!!: Leaves! Quote: Originally Posted by Eriin Dora was ADHD and this was NOT GOOD for her. All of this shouting and jumping and being silly. (Perfectly acceptable OUTSIDE of class, though... in fact it was encouraged even.) This happened to be one of the most important subjects to HER and she wanted to do well and MEH. But the rose helped. Some. Dora took it from Professor Meyers and smiled EVER SO SLIGHTLY. In fact when she looked down she smiled wider as the rose petals all began to turn white under her touch. SEE! This was fascinating and she was READY TO LEARN. But what did he mean specifically by PARTS of the shrub? AH okay. AS she listened to her classmates she had a better understanding. "Leaves. The shrub has leaves on it." AND IT DID! Even Rosie, the fanged Rose, had leaves on her. MHM. Quote: Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Fiyero was a little disappointed that he'd guessed wrong, but he wasn't giving up just yet. He wanted to earn some points fir Gryffindor! He bit his lip, wracking his brain for an answer someone hadn't already given. Finally something came to him. "Roses have leaves, sir," he said. "They make food for the plant.Photosynthesis, right?" He was surprised more people had not said leaves. Curious, very curious. “Leaves, yes, are very important!” he’d just...scribble the function of the LEAF up here, yes...ah, naaaah--he quickly erased it. Not needed right now. SPOILER!!: Stems! Quote: Originally Posted by Govoni ACK!!!! PROFESSOR "YOUR GRACE" HAS PRESENTED OLIVIA WITH AN ACE CARD!!!!!! OLIVIA IS FREEEEEEEE. BUT...BUT...R O O N E Y, DID YOU SEE?!?!?! Retaking her seat, which had been subsequently doused with tea, Liv ignored the liquid soaking into her school robes and just beamed at the card she now held within her grasp. This was DEFINITELY going into their Disney scrapbook for the term. Ahem! Because it was perfectly normal that she and Rooney were making that their special tradition. OOOOH, and maybe they could get a swatch from the Professor's costume! Yes, yes, that would be perfect and then, they'd take some selfies with the Professor (after Liv got the chance to draw some Clubs ♣ on their faces) and she'd write out a brilliant caption (with Roo's help, of course!). OH, OOOOH, and they could dress the page up with glitter, her gel pens, and some of that fancy smancy ribbon she'd bought in Florida! ....and she'd gotten.....sidetracked. Oops. Bending down to scoop up her cup....Liv stared at it for a few moments before noticing the chip. OH, HEY!.......CHIP.....A CHIP in a tea cup....LIKE C H I P.....GET IT!? "Pardon me, Professor Your Grace, I seem to have unknowingly created another Disney character by accident!.......Can I keep this cup?!" She held it up for Professor Myers to see. Ahem, either way, she'd planned to continue drinking from it. Belle had drank from Chip. So, logic stated that this was perfectly safe. ^^ AND SHE HAD AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION! YAY for contributing! *"The stem, Professor. It's like the legs of the rose, right? I mean....I've heard people call human legs stems."* The blonde paused to frown. She wasn't sure she'd appreciate someone calling HER legs stems. "I guess the comparison would make sense, since our legs help to hold us up, much like a stem does." There was another short pause. "What do you think?" She reached for Rooney, trying to beckon him to sit beside her again. “Of course you can keep the cup, m’dear,” he chuckled a little. “And yes, a stem is very much like our legs!” Kind of...ISH? SPOILER!!: Roses as FOOD! Quote: Originally Posted by AmyyVengeance Jessica could already tell that she was going to love this professor. The way he came in and just gave his class had her leaving amused and when the question arose about the part of rose and what it was for, she just smiled. Even though a few of her classmates already said it, she just wanted to give the best answer she could give. "Well we have the petals of the rose which can be eaten. They are usually modified to have certain colours which is a way to attract birds and bees, so that there can be pollination. We have the rose hips that have a outer layer that contain the seeds of the rose. Rose hips can be eaten, I believe. The thorns are on the rose stem, and the are made so that they can easily overgrow other plants and things. And then you have the stigma. They are in the bloom. The style of the rose flower is attached to stigma so they create a path for pollen to travel. The pollen travel to the ovaries which are located in the rose hips. And in those there are the ovules and they do the egg production for the rose pollination." She took a breath after all she said, slumping down embarrassed in her seat once she realised how much she was speaking. That was interesting. Someone else had said something about tea earlier…and Paul immediately directed his attention onto the other things this one was saying about EATING roses. “Yes, you can eat those parts--I wouldn’t, personally, but you CAN. And personally, I have no taste for rose petal tea--” BLEGH. No no NO. Paul did NOT like it. SPOILER!!: Pollen Quote: Originally Posted by Callie It was all too much, and Hadley was not strong enough. She fell apart in a fit of giggles and laughter again, only managing to nod in reply to Professor Myers. Yes, it was English. At least it was supposed to be. It was another few minutes before Hadley could stop this laughing fit enough to answer. Only, stuff was happening. Between Blaise and Rooney and others. It was like a trainwreck. A fascinating, enjoyable train wreck that you couldn't look away from. And Hadley Denaker was eating it up, watching the exchanges as if they a tennis match. It was over all too soon. Blaise and others stormed out. But that wasn't what had Haddie's attention. Rooney. The prefect. Lost points. Almost half of the number of points she herself lost. She was watching him curiously to see how he'd react to that, only to realize she still hadn't answered. Almost all the normal parts had been listed, so rather than repeat those. "Pollen!" That hadn't been said right? She didn't think it had been, but then, she hadn't been paying the best of attention. With a shrug, Hadley went back to watching Rooney for his reaction to losing points. From Myers no less. Now that was an achievement. Well. Paul had never thought of pollen as PART of the flower...just something produced BY the flower. “I suppose you’re not WRONG, Miss Denaker. Pollen certainly...comes from and resides on the flower…” Hmm. At least she was thinking out of the box. SPOILER!!: Quiet but DEADLY STUDENTS! Quote: Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart For once Miranda hadn't a thing to say... To be honest she had never much thought of what the different parts of a rose were or what their functions were either... Oh well.... Time to pay attention and learn something new. Quote: Originally Posted by pundantic It was 2089. It was not that Chloe cared that he cross dressed-- whatever he did in his spare time was his business-- but she thought it was a little inappropriate that he was trying out his new routine in class. Could he just wear his dress without being so darn dramatic about it? Speaking of drama, her hair did NOT appreciate the sudden gust of warm air. She could feel it grow in size. Chloe was starting to loathe this class, could he tell? His question about roses had her thinking: flower petals, roots, pollen, stem and thorns. That was all she knew and her classmates seemed to have it covered. She wouldn't add anything productive to the conversation. So, again, she didn't speak. Quote: Originally Posted by Nc.Ap. Mason smiled at Kitty when the older girl came up to her, with tea as well, at least. "Hey, Kitty. How was the re- Oh sweet baby Merlin!" O____O Were her eyes broken? Was this some sort of creepy boggart? WHY THE HELL WAS THEIR PROFESSOR DRESSED LIKE A MUGGLE DRAG-QUEEN??!!!! Mason stared at him, dumbfounded, tea forgotten. What was he going on about? People painting his roses? OHHHHHHHHHHH, DUH. Mason you idiot! He was dressed as the Red Queen from Alice. For someone who had loved the book as a child, it had taken her quite a while to finally realize what he was aiming for. . . And apparantely someone was losing their head, which made Mason VERY grateful for the fact that she had ignored the roses completely and had gone straight for the tea. See? Tea was a life-saver. Mason drained the last of said wonderful-tea and placed the cup back onto the table. She gave the professor an applause for that beautiful performance. Maybe he had studied at WADA when he was younger? He seemed to have the talent. . . Anyhoooooooo. She grabbed her bag from the floor and made her way towards one of the empty desks. She was getting away from there as soon as possible, since Myers might actually complete his threat of beheading. Mason stroked some of the roses on her way there, watching them change color, ~~since they were actually pretty cool~~ aaaanddd HEAATTTTTT. Thank you, Professor for those few seconds of bliss. . . . Theodore Wimbleton? Insert subtle snort here. Wizards had the weirdest names. . . not that her real one was any better, but eh. Oh Merlin, were they actually supposed to KNOW what the parts of a rose was? Uuuhhhmmmm. What? How did some of these peasant just KNOW this? Did they spend their free time looking for diagrams of roses? PPfffttt. . . no thank you. Quote: Originally Posted by DJ ExpelliarMOOSE FINALLY! Torrance was able to close shut every face hole he had that needed closing before it would become like a desert on his face. This unfortunately prevented him from getting to answer the question as now he was trying to just let it all soak up once more. How dare Mister Professor Myer's do that to his face. He blinked a few more times and ran his tongue over the roof of his mouth for a bit. This was getting better. He reached into his Robe's pocket and took out Three Sugar packets. Ripped them open and just let the sugar dissolve in his mouth as he kept focused in class. Quote: Originally Posted by Dokimoto Okay so were all of her lessons going to be as erm, individualistic as she had seen thus far? Their teacher was literally dressed up as a character Kye vaguely knew about. It was a classic book that she never read. A book about imagination? Something like that. Kye watched the hubbub and the students were pretty much all having a blast. She couldn't say she wasn't a fan of tea, so Kye helped herself to a cup and found a place to see the commotion. Okay, so she liked the whole 'changing the color' demonstration. When asked what could have been at play here, Kye couldn't help but go a bit sarcastic. "Magic perhaps?" was her guess. She did kind of want to know how to do it though, that was pretty. She would turn flowers purple, or blue, or green. How pretty! She sipped her tea, listening to students far more advanced than she give out more realistic and helpful answers. She took out some parchment to write down anything she didn't know about so she could try to read up on them later... well hypothetically. Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy She will see about the tea? WHAT DID THAT EVEN MEAN??? More confused than ever, Esme looked down at her cup and examined it. Everything seemed to be as it should so nothing had been done to it. Professor Myers wouldn't try anything. Or would he? This wouldn't be the first time that students were tricked during lessons. She didn't know what to think but IF something had been done to the tea it wouldn't harm them and that made her feel a little more at ease even if she was still lost. Obviously she knew about the parts of the rose bush - her mom gardened - but since other people had already shared, Esme felt that any input she offered would be rather redundant. She would keep her mouth shut for the moment. Quote: Originally Posted by StarShine Katherine was relieved that it was Jacen who sat beside her. He was clever, silent (if not shy) and definitely not a troublemaker. She could trust him and be at ease during this lesson. So she returned the grin back (which touched her eyes for a chance) and instinctively turned her head to the front too and re-read the note. Well, then. She didn't feel dehydrated, but she always followed the rules, so she got together with her house mate and got herself a cup of water as well. Tea would distract her as she would need to drink it carefully. Water was safe, though. ... Katherine JUMPED when the door was slammed, and she turned towards the sound - she was met with a professor fully in costume, who was SHOUTING... PAINT THE ROSES RED!? BUT - BUT - THEY HAD BEEN RED WHEN THEY ENTERED AND IN FACT, THEY TURNED WHITE WHEN PEOPLE TOUCHED AND IF HECOULDJUSTSTOPSHOUTINGSHEWOULDEXPLAIN - she looked mortified and wasn't it TOO MUCH OF A PUNISHMENT - TO CUT OFF A HEAD - OR WAS THAT HYPOTHETİCAL - WHAT IF THE HAG HAD CAPTIVATED PROFESSOR MYERS LIKE BARTY CROUCH JR DID TO - ................ It had been drama. A play. A JOKE. While Katherine was immensely relieved that they weren't GUILTY of no such act as ruining the roses, she felt also pretty stupid for falling for it. She didn't know which character the Professor became (because her family had stopped reading her children's books when she was three or four), but it was a fun - What......was......her house's prefect.....doing......on....top.....of.....a..... TABLE!? Katherine was mortified for REAL this time as she watched the boy with big eyes. WHATWASHEDOING!? Her eyes shot to the professor with rising panic - were they going to lose POINTS? - but then te Professor CLAPPED and she vacillated between clapping and not clapping - clapped twice veeeeeery feebly - and just... tried to make sense of the last few moments while the people answered to the question. So... this was a PLAY, Rooney had WATCHED it (so did the girl who tried to set her on fire last term, apparently), and Professor liked his performance enough to award it a point. Well, then... Secretly agreeing with Blaise (which was weird, because wasn't someone who started a food fight supposed to LIKE any type of commotion?), she shrugged as she looked at Jacen with the expression of "Oh well", she began listening to the answers. Her explanation (that it was a defence mechanism upon a threat such as touching) had already been told, so she didn't see any reason to repeat it. She noted down some of the answers she liked and waited for the Professor's explanation. Ooooooooh, it was temperature? Why... didn't she know that? Her face went paler all of a sudden, as she hurriedly opened the textbook to find where it said this. She had READ ALL of this textbook and her mum had prepared several EXAMS from it for her - which she had aced all - so why did she NOT remember this!? In her panic, she completely missed the part where the Professor drew his wand, and when the hot air hit her face, she SHOUTED OUT with an "AAAAH - !!!" She looked around with more panic, and upon seeing that everyone was acting cool, she calmed down too (though she was still panicky about how she could forget), not without her face's turning even redder than the roses, of course. All was cool. She had simply been shocked by the entrance of the professor. It was aaaaaaall fine... She noted down the rest of the Professor's explanation, and took a BIG gulp from the cup. Her hands felt sticky with sweat, and suddenly it was way too hot in here. She wanted to fan herself with the textbook, but that would probably distract the professor, so she didn't. Instead, she tried to focus on what he was saying, but that was hard. In the end, before she could come up with a nice answer, everything she could have said was told, so she was left with NO answers AGAIN. This didn't look good at all. Her mum would be very disappointed if she knew. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner It was not that he had not seen a man wearing women's clothing. He had. Its just this was an extreme case even for that. Dante just nodded and closed his eyes to try and forget what was going on. But the minute he opened them again there he was still in the dress. Could he just get up and leave and what was the Ravenclaw prefect doing with Liv. I guess when your a prefect you can jump on tables. Well whatever he did not even want to know. So he basically was right it had to do with skin contact. But relating to temperature. Cool. Dante only knew roses had thorns and that was it. So another question he was going to stay quiet on since someone probably said it since he was not paying attention at all past hearing the question. And look at Blaise making an exit Trying to go out in a blaise of glory in this Herbo Lesson. Not that Dante blamed him. Quote: Originally Posted by Hey Ju Alright, Matt had absolutely no clue what the heck was going on in that class. Prefects were shouting, people climbing on tables and yelling their heads off, throwing things about, setting things on fire and EVERYTHING. He might be exaggerating, but it felt like that lessons was MADNESS. And a very strange one, because Matt didn't feel like joining in in the strangeness. Mainly because it all looked WEIRD and he also didn't know what they were going on about, so it didn't interest him much. Also, they were talking about roses and that was one of the types of plants Matt didn't care about either, so. He would be bored if this class wasn't mental at the moment. The colour changing thing was interesting, though, so he watched that in aawweeee. "Cool." He said under his breath, but that was it. He didn't bother about giving a reply because 1- everything he knew had already been mentioned and 2- the professor had only repeated his answer the last time - which really was a question, but still - so what was the point? Crazy stuff and crazy people at Hogwarts, man. Matt appreciated it, but Hogwarts was SO WEIRD even Matt was taken aback sometimes. Sheesh. Quote: Originally Posted by Goblinfrog "GAAHH!" Kitty stumbled backwards in alarm as what looked like a very evil clown came charging in, probably with the intent of gobbling them all up. She tripped and fell on top of one of the rose bushes but thankfully didn't damage it. She stood to run, but then.... Professor Paul??? Kitty steadied her breathing as she realized with everyone else that it was only Professor Paul, and not dressed as a evil clown - but as the Queen of Wonderland. Okay, calm down Kitty. The first question that he asked went soaring right over Kitty's head, she was too distracted by his outfit and making sure that the rose bush wasn't damaged. But she had recovered from the initial shock by the time of the second one with an answer. "Petals!" Kitty piped in, raising her right hand. "The petals are the thing that most people notice first, and if they were alive then that would be how flowers expressed their personality. Like fashion." That might have been a silly point of view, but Kitty's mind was still wheeling from the shock of Professor Paul: Queen of Wonderland. Or Underland, depending on what version you were watching. Paul noticed all of them. The quiet ones. Sipping their tea, some of them. He just gave many of them encouraging looks...and whatnot. The next part of the lesson...well..the fun was about to begin. Now, Paul was no artist, but he had done enough rose plant anatomy pictures in his time to be..decent at this at least. A final touch, he added a smiley face. It had to be a HAPPY rose, right? He smiled at his handiwork and gestured at the board. “In essence...the rose. And all the parts serve VERY specific functions--functions outlined in your textbook that I will probably not quiz you on EVER because I care more that you know how to care for these plants.” He cleared his throat, and smirked…*”Now...time for the EXCITEMENT...”* he chuckled evilly to himself. “I would like you ALL to gather in a circle here, in the front of the room, around this--” he gestured to the potted rosebush in the front of the room--”Rosebush!” Because surprise surprise…. “Now…” he had a hold of his wand. “I spiked your tea and water with a shrinking solution--” he said casually, “So ANY minute now, we’re going to SHRINK--and don’t worry, we’ll land right in the middle of that plant--” he had planned this out carefully. Magic was a thing. “OH and those of you who did NOT drink the tea--” Paul had taken note. He whipped his wand about and non-verbally shrunk them down to size and caaaaarefully made sure they were safely delivered onto the soil of the plant. It was time to HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS all up here-- “Any second now the rest of us should all shrink and join the others--” And before he knew it, he was shrinking--he could see, collectively, his students all shrinking--keeping his wand poised, he made sure they all landed SAFELY without snaggling against any of those thorns...onto the soil. The roses...towered above them. “As you all can SEE...those roses are quite a different story from down here! And exquisite and BEAUTIFUL!” it was like being in a very tall forest where the tops of the trees were flowers instead of...leaves and stuff. COOL, you see? DID THEY UNDERSTAND? “So, for today’s activity...I will be giving you all RIDDLES that have to do with...taking care of the rosebush...and you all will solving the riddles AND in turn...doing the actions! I’ll let you all gain your footing before we begin…” Ahem. There were tiny buckets of epsom salt...scattered around the soil, hidden behind some smaller stems and whatnot. Paul had set out a chair for himself, and was sipping his tea quite calmly in his dress as he looked around. “Is everyone...ready?” OOC: OKAY so...BEAR WITH US PLEASE! We have all now..shrunk to the size of tiny little people IN this rosebush, on the soil part. The rosebush is REALLY tall and whatnot. I am not starting with the riddles for another 15 or so hours! Feel free to catch up if you need! Or take a breather or something lol! I love you all <3 ~~even those of you who walked out, so much love~~ __________________ "You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough." Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin Last edited by kayquilz; 05-12-2016 at 03:40 PM. Reason: adding in Colt!